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We have a winner of the Yolo-Solano Memorial Bumble Bee Contest! Macro insect photographer extraordinaire Allan Jones captured an image of a female black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus on Monday, Jan. 6 on the UC Davis campus. The time: 1:45 p.m.

By Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Winter is the season of cyclamen. I love the variety of colors these beautiful plants have. To me they look like a gathering of butterflies hovering over bright green leaves.

Wednesday, January 8, C.P.D.E.S Hall, Easton CA 7:00 AM Registration and Refreshments 7:50 AM Morning Welcome 12:00 PM Lunch sponsored by Raisin Bargaining Association and Sun-Maid Growers of California Continuing Education: 3.0 PCA and 3.5 CCA hours have been requested.

I had not planned on buying any plants when we went to a plant sale. ( I know famous last words) that didn't last long as 5 plants came home with me. One Salvia Heatwave Blaze', 2 Achillea Firefly Pink' and Cerise Queen', 1 pink Agastache and Teucrium fruticans Azureum'.

Vegetation Ecologist II Salary: $6,878.62 - $7,668.37 Monthly Location: Oakland, CA Job Type: Full-time (37.5 hrs) Division: Acquisition, Stewardship, & Development Job Number: 20-LC-01 Closing: 1/24/2020 5:00 PM Pacific For more information, visit https://www.governmentjobs.

Please join us on 21 January 2020 at the UC Davis Conference Center for a full-day of lectures and wine tasting.

Happy New Year! Please see attached newsletter for information about upcoming events!...

UC Master Gardeners in Stanislaus County presented an all-natural, sustainable solution to disposing garden and food waste during a session for the community on worm composting, reported John Holland in the Modesto Bee.

Want to help make sure your freshly planted rice fields don't look like the muddied mess on the left below (vs.

"Repellent odors are widely used to prevent insect-borne diseases, making it imperative to identify the conserved molecular underpinnings of their olfactory systems.